NON DAMNIFICATUS
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
Lat. Not injured. This is a plea in an action of debt on an indemnity bond, or bond conditioned “to keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnifled,” etc. It is in the nature of a plea of performance, being used where the defendant means to allege that the plaintiff has been kept harmless and indemnified, according to the tenor of the condition. Steph.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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